Thematic Issues

The Suffering of the Iraqi Women under “Daash” and Restrictions on Displaced Women by the Kurdistan Regional Authorities

The Suffering of the Iraqi Women under “Daash” and Restrictions on Displaced Women by the Kurdistan Regional Authorities

Human Rights Watch For Sunnis, Lives Curtailed; for Yezidis, New Accounts of Brutal Rapes (Beirut) – The extremist armed group...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Abnormal Number of Orphans Among IDPs in Dohuk, and Importance of Foster Family System

Abnormal Number of Orphans Among IDPs in Dohuk, and Importance of Foster Family System

Bewar A. Saido Since the fall of Talafar, Sinjar and Mosel, families fleeing the fighting have lived in the area...

  • Peacebuilding
Ecological Collapse Circumscribes Traditional Women’s Work in Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes

Ecological Collapse Circumscribes Traditional Women’s Work in Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes

Eurek Alert As the land at the heart of the cradle of civilization dries out, an ancient culture is being...

  • Environment
After Daesh: Perspectives of Displaced Communities from Ninewa on Return to Iraq’s Disputed Territory

After Daesh: Perspectives of Displaced Communities from Ninewa on Return to Iraq’s Disputed Territory

PAX for Peace, a report of June 2015. Recently, military developments and international involvement have resulted in Daesh retreating from...

  • Peacebuilding
The Prospect of Return between Conflict and Peace: Field Research on Conflict and Coexistence of Nineveh Components after Daesh

The Prospect of Return between Conflict and Peace: Field Research on Conflict and Coexistence of Nineveh Components after Daesh

Dana Sofi – Reform Institute for Development Erbil – March 2016 With appearance of (Daesh) in Iraq and the region, a number...

  • Peacebuilding
Training for Group of Iraqi Activists on Cyber Censorship in Baghdad

Training for Group of Iraqi Activists on Cyber Censorship in Baghdad

March 2016 The Citizenship Association for Human Rights In Iraq have conducted the Fourth training on  Cyber Censorship and protecting...

  • Freedom of Expression
Nineveh International Forum on Recovery, Stabilization and Peace

Nineveh International Forum on Recovery, Stabilization and Peace

In the late of March, an International Forum will be held to discuss the stage of rebuilding the stabilization and...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Hasankeyf Selected by Europa Nostra for 7 Most Endangered Program

Hasankeyf Selected by Europa Nostra for 7 Most Endangered Program

Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive, 16 March 2016 The historic town of Hasankeyf, located on the Upper Tigris River in...

  • Environment
UNHCR Concerned Over Restrictions on Freedom of Movement for Displaced Iraqis in Camps

UNHCR Concerned Over Restrictions on Freedom of Movement for Displaced Iraqis in Camps

Source – UNHCR This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ariane Rummery – to whom quoted...

  • Civil Society News
What is Abadi doing to Protect Iraq’s Christians?

What is Abadi doing to Protect Iraq’s Christians?

Omar Al-Jaffal – Almonitor Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon Louis Sako boycotted the National Conference on the Protection of Peaceful Coexistence, the...

  • Minorities and IDPs
The Trade Unions Role in Social Peace and Promoting Freedoms and Social Justice

The Trade Unions Role in Social Peace and Promoting Freedoms and Social Justice

Wessam Chaseb Among the activities of the Iraqi Social Forum in its second round, the forum with the Solidarity Center/...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Honduran anti-dam activist Berta Cáceres murdered

Honduran anti-dam activist Berta Cáceres murdered

With great sadness The Save the Tigris Campaign has learned of the assassination of Honduran environmental and human rights activist...

  • Environment